Senior Specialist, National Center for Biotechnology
and Genetic Engineering

Dr. Sakarindr Bhumiratana obtained his bachelor degrees in Chemistry
and Chemical Engineering (Highest Honor) from the University of
California, Davis, USA and his doctoral degree in Chemical Engineering
from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. After a post-doctoral
position at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, he took on a teaching
and research career in Thailand. He was the Chairman of the Department
of Chemical Engineering, was involved in the setting up of the Division
of Biotechnology, the Food Engineering Department and the Pilot
Plant Development and Training Institute of King Mongkut's Institute
of Technology Thonburi, and was the Director of the National Center
for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), Thailand. Currently
he is the Senior Specialist of BIOTEC, the Senior Vice President
(Administrative Affairs) of the King Mongkut's University of Technology
Thonburi (KMUTT), and the President of Food Science and Technology
Association of Thailand. He also lectures at the Chemical Engineering
Department and directs the Chemical Engineering Practice School
of the KMUTT. His research interest in in Food and Bioprocess modeling,
Transport Phenomena and Anacrobic processes. For nearly a decade,
he has directed rural development project which runs agro-processing
industry as a core to rural development activities in Thailand.